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, ZSheets-Sheet 1. A. J; WILLIAMS.

GOTTON GLEANBR AND FEEDER.

No. 284,161. Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

INVENTOR WITNESSES TTORNEYS.

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A. J. WILLIAMS;- GOTTON CLEANER AND FEEDER.

Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

I 5 vertical cross-section on theline w x of Fig. 1.

COTTbN CLEANER AND FEEDER.

AN EW JACKSON. WILLIAMS, on MACON, GEORGIA.

PATENT OFFICE. f

sPEc rIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,151, dated August 28, 1883,

' Application filcd'April 17, 1883. (N0 model.) l

To ail Z whom it may concern I i I Be it known that I, ANDREW J. WILLIAMS, 1 of Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and Improved Cotton Cleaner and Feeder, of whichthe fo1-.

lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvements relate to machines for re-.

1 moving sand, stones, leaves, and other refuse usewhich might injure the gin or the cotton, I s and, in mass the full length of the roll-box, I5

from seed-cotton previous to ginning.

, The-object of the invention is to furnish a machine that will clean the cotton and feed it directly to the gin free of stones and other refthereby saving the labor of picking stones, 850., by hand, as is necessary when the cotton is. cleaned only by a fan.

. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the cleaner and feeder and of a gin to which it is applied. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the cleaner andfeeder at the delivery end, and Fig. 3 is a A is the closed case or frame of the machine,

I a provided on its upper side with a feed-opening, to which a box and feeder, B, of, any ordinary construction, is applied.

O is a beater fitted within the case on a cross- 1 shaft, a, and D isa curved apron of slats eX- with steel brushes, andthe apron is also fitted brushes move in contact, or nearly so.

E is an inclined trunk or chute, extending I v from behind the beater and over theback of .40

the case a suitable distance upward. At the foot of the trunk is an inclined board, I), terminating .near the back end of apronD and l above the bottom of the trunk, so that thereis space for the'cotton to pass to the trunk.

F is a fan-blowerfitted in the lower part of the trunk.

i G isa cylindrical screen on a shaft, 0, fitted across the upper end of the trunk, so as to I close the end, except a narrow space at the bottom.

H is a dust-flue connected to thetrunk above e the screen, the flue passing out of the building, I

orto any desired place. I I

I is a roller at the upper end and under side of the trunk, hung on weighted arms d, that tend to press the roller toward the" screen G.

K is a hinged apron hung beneath roll I, so that it may be turned out to connect with the roll-box L of a gin, or swung back out of the way when not in use.

L is the roll-box of an ordinary cotton-gin, M. The shafts of the beater and of the blower and screen are provided with pulleys, and conforced upthe same by the fan to the revolving I screen G, by which the cotton iscarried over the roller I to the apron While the cotton is passing up the trunk, it being loose, the I stones pass down the trunk and out, or, in case any reach the screen, they are forced out by the pressure-of the roller I. The cotton, as it passes over the roller, is compacted in a mass the full width of the apron K, which being in width the length of the roll-box L, the

cotton is delivered to the gin in the best possible condition and manner.

By using the beater as described, stones and other heavy refuse are effectively separated, I

and leaves which have been caused to adhere to the cotton byfrost are broken up and separated. By the arrangement of the inclined trunk as shown the cleaner can be set offfrom the gin and space left to pass in front of the gin beneath the trunk. I I

In place of using aforce-fan at the lower end of the trunk, a suction-blower may be placed in the dust-flue abovethe revolving screen'. I

.do not limit myself in that respect, nor tofthe construction of the beater and brush-apron exactly as described.

I am aware that cleaners have been made for partially cleaning cotton before ginning; but they have not been constructed to serve as feeders for the gin, and in fact would not be practicable for that purpose, as they do not remove the. stones, leaves, &c. I am also aware that machines have been made to clean refuse cotton from gins; but such machines are not adapted for cleaning seed-cotton.

Having thus described iny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the case A, the beater O, and the curved apron of slats D, said beater and slats having brushes, of the in} clined board I), with its lower end arranged a short distance from the rear end of the apron, the trunk E, with its lower end disposed a' short distance from the lower end of the board b,,and the fan F, separated by the board b from the beater, essentially as shown and de- '20 scribed, and for the purpose set forth. 2. The combination, with the case A, the beater 0, and curved apron of slats D, said beater and slats having brushes and inclined board b,

of the upward-inclined trunk E, having the 25 v V dust-flueH, the fan F, condensing-cylinder G,

ANDREW JACKSON WVILLIAMS.

\Vitnesses:

EDGAR G. DYSON, EDWARD A. FURLow. 

